Auburn Tornado Rated EF-1

Here is the updated storm survey from yesterday’s Alabama tornado outbreak…

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
533 PM CST THU NOV 17 2011

…UPDATE FOR MACON AND LEE COUNTY TORNADO…

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16…AHEAD OF A STRONG
COLD FRONT. THE ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED DAMAGE IN SEVERAL
LOCATIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. IN ADDITION
TO DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF ALABAMA…THIS STORM SYSTEM CAUSED
DAMAGE FROM EASTERN TEXAS TO THE ATLANTIC COAST.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAMS CONDUCTED ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. ONE TEAM SURVEYED
IN THE MONTGOMERY AREA…WHILE THE OTHER TEAM STARTED IN LEE COUNTY.
THE INITIAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR A TORNADO PATH IN MACON AND LEE
COUNTIES IS DETAILED BELOW. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR THE MONTGOMERY
AREA IS ONGOING…AND INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS PATH WILL BE
ISSUED AT A LATER TIME. IN ADDITION…AN AERIAL SURVEY FROM LOWNDES
TO HARRIS COUNTY GEORGIA IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW TO FURTHER SURVEY
THE DAMAGE PATH.

WE WILL ISSUE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AS THE
INFORMATION FROM ADDITIONAL SURVEYS BECOMES AVAILABLE.

…COMPLETED STORM SURVEYS…

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM ASSESSED THE DAMAGE
ACROSS SOUTHERN SUMTER AND WESTERN MARENGO COUNTIES AND FOUND TWO
SEPARATE TORNADO DAMAGE PATHS.

…TORNADO 1…
…SUMTER COUNTY TORNADO…

EVENT DATE: NOVEMBER 16, 2011
EVENT TYPE: EF-2 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 120
INJURIES/FATALITIES: 1 INJURY
EVENT START LOCATION AND TIME: 32.3633/-88.0894 AT 707 AM
EVENT END LOCATION AND TIME: 32.3763/-88.0689 AT 709 AM
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 1.50
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 600 YARDS

AN EF-2 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN WHITFIELD AND MOVED
NORTHEAST…AND LIFTED NORTH OF COUNTY ROAD 42. ALONG ITS SHORT
PATH…APPROXIMATELY 150 SOFTWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED…50 HARDWOOD
TREES WERE UPROOTED…AND FIVE OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. SIX HOMES
AND ONE DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME WERE DAMAGED. ONE HOME WAS DESTROYED
ALONG COUNTY ROAD 42 WHERE ONE INJURY OCCURRED.

…TORNADO 2…
…MARENGO COUNTY TORNADO…

EVENT DATE: NOVEMBER 16, 2011
EVENT TYPE: EF-0 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 85
INJURIES/FATALITIES: NONE
EVENT START LOCATION AND TIME: 32.4813/-87.8567 AT 732 AM
EVENT END LOCATION AND TIME: 32.5032/-87.8174 AT 736 AM
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 2.57
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 250 YARDS

AN EF-0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN DEMOPOLIS ALONG MARIA AVE
AND MOVED NORTHEAST WHERE IT CROSSED JEFFERSON RD. IT LIFTED ALONG
US HIGHWAY 80…EAST OF US HIGHWAY 43. APPROXIMATELY 20 HOMES IN THE
EDGEWOOD SUBDIVISION SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE. SEVERAL BUSINESS
SIGNS ALONG US HIGHWAY 80 WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE CENTRAL FARMERS COOP
SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS A PORTION OF ITS ROOF WAS
REMOVED.

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM ASSESSED THE DAMAGE
ACROSS MACON AND LEE COUNTIES…FINDING DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH AN
EF1 TORNADO. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED INTO HARRIS COUNTY GEORGIA WHERE
IT PRODUCED EF2 DAMAGE.

…TORNADO 3…
…MACON AND LEE COUNTIES…

EVENT DATE: NOVEMBER 16, 2011
EVENT TYPE: EF-1 TORNADO
ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS (MPH): 110
INJURIES/FATALITIES: 1 INJURY
EVENT START LOCATION AND TIME: 32.5369/-85.6566 AT 1152 AM
EVENT END LOCATION AND TIME: 32.6970/-85.1173 AT 1235 PM
DAMAGE PATH LENGTH (IN MILES): 33
DAMAGE WIDTH (IN YARDS): 700

A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHEAST MACON COUNTY NEAR NOTASULGA EAST
OF COUNTY ROAD 81 AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN MOBILE
HOMES ALONG COUNTY ROAD 54. THE TORNADO MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST INTO
LEE COUNTY AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WHICH RESULTED IN
DAMAGE TO DOZENS OF HOUSES AND MOBILE HOMES ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF
THE CITY OF AUBURN. SEVERAL RESIDENCES WERE DESTROYED. THE TORNADO
CROSSED THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF AUBURN UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS AND CAUSED
DAMAGE TO HOMES AND THE BASEBALL FACILITIES AT AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL.
THE TORNADO CROSSED INTERSTATE 85 AT US HIGHWAY 280 AND CONTINUED
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD LAKE HARDING. ALONG THE LAKE…WIDESPREAD TREE
DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AND BOATHOUSES OCCURRED. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED INTO HARRIS COUNTY GEORGIA FOR AN ADDITIONAL 26
MILES AND STRENGTHENED TO AN EF2.

…MEDIA CONTACT INFORMATION…

FOR ALL MEDIA REQUESTS REGARDING WEDNESDAY’S STORMS…PLEASE
CONTACT METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE JIM STEFKOVICH AT 205-585-8635.

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